Values and beliefs of corporate and a perching bird

Many corporate leaders often boast about the values and beliefs that are followed by their corporate and its people. During meetings, such bosses do remind others about the values and beliefs of the organization and tell them not to suggest or practice the wrong business approaches. The HR functions in some corporate do organize elaborate training sessions to the people about the 'values and beliefs' of the organization.

The discussion is not about such people or the truth about what they speak in public. The leaders, who often re-iterate about the values and beliefs with the strong notion that, only when they are often said and repeated, people in the corporate would follow or practice the same, is farce.

If the values and beliefs are deeply integrated in the corporate culture and the same are followed sincerely, no one needs to remind or reiterate or mention that often. What is absolutely true, no one needs to speak or remind or remember or re-iterate. What is not followed and believed consciously and consensually is only required to be repeated or said loudly. Only then the corporate leaders can make others believe that what is not true as 'true'.

Nature gives perfect example to the corporate to learn about how they should follow and adhere to values and beliefs. Values and beliefs should be part of ones life and the life should flow through such values and beliefs as well.

Look at the birds during sleep. Most of the birds perch on a branch of trees and then sleep. Birds never sleep inside the nest. One may wonder how they hold onto the branches of trees while sleeping. How birds doesn't fall off from trees while sleeping.

While sleeping, how birds could be so conscious that it has to hold onto the tree firmly and if they are so conscious, how they could sleep?

The feet adaptation of birds is such that while resting or sleeping, the tendon closes firmly and never it get loosened. Their feet hold onto the branch of a tree more firmly when they are in sleep or in a state of Trans or unconsciousness.

It is not, what one follow consciously are values and beliefs, but what one follow by default or unconsciously, should be the values and beliefs. Always the operating domain of people should be from their values and beliefs. Whether they operate consciously or unconsciously should not determine such working style.

Live with what you believe and let your life speak about what you believe rather than you making noise about it. This simple management message only nature conveys through the feet adaptation of most birds.

Dr S Ranganathan, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai

Learn more from the following management books
1. Jungle wisdom for corporate management – lessons from the university of nature by Swami Sukhabodhananda and Dr S Ranganathan

2. Nature – The Entrepreneur by Dr S Ranganathan